Crystal Adams

Senior Director, MBA Innovation and Student Experience

Eller College of Management

University of Arizona 

Emerging Leaders Council

Tucson Young Professionals

Crystal Adams graduated in 2014 with her MBA from the UArizona Eller College of Management and earned a master’s degree in human relations from Northern Arizona University in 2016. In addition to her job as senior director at Eller, she has taught business communications and management courses at the college. 

A Tucson native, Adams is an active and highly engaged leader. She is president of Tucson Young Professionals and serves on the Tucson Metro Chamber’s Emerging Leaders Council. She also sits on the UArizona Health Sciences Tucson Community Council.

“Workforce development is a key component of making Tucson better,” Adams said. “Attracting, developing, and retaining talent is the cornerstone of this. However, we also need great jobs and career advancement for this talent to take advantage of. These two things go hand in hand and I see Tucson headed in this direction. I am excited to see a vibrant future with young talent thriving.”